Adialeiptos Gumnazo Self-defense for the Springfield, Illinois area.
It is a skill set that will enable you to identify and react to a dangerous situation before it becomes a physical situation in addition to giving you some physical tools to work with for that worst-case scenario that is happening in traumatic fashion.
There are many things that AG self-defense is not. It is NOT solely a means for physical harm prevention. Nor is it something that will be useful only once or twice in your lifetime at some traumatic moment.
Learn the importance of things like Reasonable Force, De-escalation, Avoidance and Confidence Projection.
WARNING: If you have ethical and/or moral objections to seriously injuring someone who is trying to cause you mortal harm, the martial part of AG is not training you should pursue. It is intense training that is based on simple easy to recall movements to enable the efficient execution of learned principles when it matters the most.
Classes are by appointment only. If you are interested, please review our FAQs and fill out the Interest Form.
It is amazing what the will to win can do for a competitor. We saw that tonight. Will does not win every battle - but it is such a powerful factor that it can turn the tide at any moment. Train your will with your bodies!
Good ground work is mostly about awareness. Know where your opponent is, where your body is in relation and what tools you have at any given moment, because the tools can change in an instant.